Corrections Specialist -TR- CCD

Overview

Correction Specialist 4

Tacoma, WA - Full Time/Perm/WFSE

Salary Range: $6,665 – $8,966 Monthly

The Department of Corrections is seeking a highly motivated and qualified individual to fill a permanent position of Corrections Specialist 4 (CS4) providing therapeutic services with the Sex Offense Treatment and Assessment Programs.

The mission of the Department of Corrections is to improve public safety by positively changing lives.

The Health Services Division’s Sex Offense Treatment and Assessment Programs (SOTAP) is responsible for the delivery and implementation of evidence-based assessment and treatment practices and the operational support to facilitate the participation of individuals in treatment designed to decrease recidivism, which increases the safety of staff, clients, and the public.

The incumbent in this position is responsible for providing competent evidence-based clinical therapist services to those clients assigned to their caseload who have recently released from incarceration. The provision of sex offense specific assessment and treatment has been demonstrated to reduce clients’ risk of re-offense upon release to the community. The incumbent will conduct risk assessments to determine treatment targets, facilitate group and individual therapy following an evidence-based cognitive behavioral model to address treatment needs, and prepare all program required documentation.

In addition, the incumbent will work collaboratively with our internal and external criminal justice partners to ensure clients are held accountable and remain safe in the community.

Travel and varying hours may be required. Duties involve contact with clients and groups that may have a history of violent and sexually violent offenses. The work may occur in DOC field offices and prisons, and may involve working around armed DOC staff and law enforcement.

• Assess client treatment needs and risk to provide evidence-based sex offense treatment to adult men and women in group and individual settings.
• Facilitate behavioral change, present client information to committees, manage risk, and assist in transition planning.
• Complete documentation including risk assessments, initial treatment plans, progress notes, and comprehensive treatment summaries for external distribution.
• Meet with client support persons and outside stakeholders to educate and answer questions.
• Contribute to team, unit meetings, trainings, and supervision; collaborate with Community Corrections Officers and Supervisors to address risk and develop protective factors.
• Engage with Mental Health providers, community members, and external stakeholders regarding sex offense risk and transition.
• Coordinate and facilitate meetings with internal and external stakeholders; travel to Quarterly Community SOTAP team meetings.
• Share and educate stakeholders regarding releasing clients and their criminogenic needs; obtain appropriate Release of Information documentation as necessary.
• Work with guardians and victim advocates on management of sexually related offenses; provide deposition and testimony as legally required; provide education and workshops to DOC and external agencies as necessary.
• Facilitate Community Transition groups and coordinate with prison staff and external stakeholders for client discharge and release preparation.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Community Program Clinical Manager.

• Two years of experience providing structured individual and/or group psychotherapy guided by a treatment plan to juvenile or adult populations, including at least six months of group therapy experience.
• OR Three years of mental/behavioral health experience with a minimum of six months of psychotherapy in a group setting guided by a treatment plan.
• OR One year of experience conducting structured group therapy in a sex offense specific program utilizing cognitive behavioral interventions.
• AND Obtain/maintain Washington State Agency Affiliated Counselor credential per RCW 18.19.030 within 30 days of hire. Experience may be paid or unpaid.

• A master’s degree or bachelor’s degree in psychology, social…